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17th/18th-century English writer
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- composer, writer, poet, playwright
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2020-07-20 06:55:45
The Invention of English Opera: part two, the brief flowering of English opera, the rise of Italian opera and the development of ballad opera
The Old Palace of Whitehall by Hendrick Danckerts, c. 1675The Palace is probably where John Blow's Venus and Adonis premiered Considering that the country went through two revolutions, including an interregnum when music was ostensibly banned, there was a surprising amount of music theatre in England in the 17th century, and like other countries artists, performers and aristocrats eagerly experimented music and drama, sometimes creating something which we would recognise as opera, and sometimes coming up with hybrid forms. The vigour and ubiquity of Italian opera in England in the 18th century should not blind us to the importance of the tradition of the 17th century English opera. In the first part of my article, we looked at how the first operas, and the distinctive English genre of semi-opera, developed out of the masque tradition. Beaufort House, […]
2019-09-25 06:47:08
Sheer delight: Iestyn Davies and James Hall in duets by Henry Purcell and John Blow
Countertenor duets by Henry Purcell & John Blow; Iestyn Davies, James Hall, The King's Consort, Robert King; VIvat Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 24 September 2019 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) John Blow's elegy on the death of his friend and pupil, Henry Purcell, is the centrepiece of an engaging disc of duets by both composersThis delightful new disc from Vivat gives us a welcome opportunity to enjoy John Blow's An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell alongside a selection of duets by Blow and by his friend and pupil Henry Purcell. Counter-tenor Iestyn Davies is joined by a counter-tenor of the younger generation, James Hall, and they are accompanied by The King's Consort (Rebecca Miles & Ian Wilson recorders, Lynda Sayce theorbo & baroque guitar, Reiko Ichise bass viol) directed from the chamber organ and harpsichord by Robert King. The disc opens with Hark how […]
2016-09-15 08:51:27
They dreamed the impossible dream in 1970, turning aspects of Cervantes' Don Quixote into the musical Man of La Mancha. But Purcell, Eccles and the lively dramatist Thomas D'Urfey - anyone know his hit song "The Fart"? - got there first nearly 300 ...
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